The 2019 Kibblewhite Man Cup World Finals will always be known for one thing—The Pass—and it didn’t even happen during qualifying or eliminations. But that deviantly undeviatingly straight pass to the world’s quickest ET and fastest MPH (5.50 at 264) is seared into the mind of everyone who saw it…
King Racing’s Direct Drive Experiment
Top Fuel Motorcycles in the U.S. have followed the same basic design and layout for decades now, with the possible exception of the parked Alwine family bike that Korry Hogan rode. The bikes in Europe, though, tend to stray from the standard build sheet a bit. And in the case…
PRI 2019
Finally here it is—Eatmyink’s exclusive coverage of the number one social event on the motorsports calendar—the 2019 PRI show. In the photo above, Larry McBride hangs with Leah Pritchett and Web Cam girls Melissa Martinez, Laurie Dunlap, and Kristen Goss at the CP-Carrillo booth. Bob Difranco and Tommy Bolton talk…
Godspeed Bill Simpson
One of the highlights of my PRI show this year was sharing Bill Simpson stories with Del Flores—a fellow former tenant of Lord of the Land Simpson. To know Simpson is to have Simpson stories. Neither of us knew that Bill had a second—and ultimately fatal, I guess—stroke on Friday.…
Quick Learning Fab Man Mike Mullaney
It’s PRI time, which also means it’s “Drag Illustrated” magazine’s “30 under 30” announcement time also. And chassis fabricator and no-bar Suzuki Hayabusa sportsman drag racer Mike Mullaney is on that list. Mullaney took a fairly dramatic leap into the NHRA drag racing consciousness this past season when Pro Stock…
12 Days of Man Cup: Real Street
One class that really caught my attention during the Kibblewhite Man Cup World Finals marathon was Real Street. Sure, the class was won by Jeremy Teasley on a “new” bike, but what about Anibal Merced going to another final on his venerable ’14 and Johnny “Turbo” Dobrin still plying his…
AHDRA Schedule, Sponsors Coming Together
Drag racers of American-made V-Twin motorcycles collectively rejoiced two months ago when news broke that beloved racing organization AHDRA was firing back up and heading to the racetrack. Now AHDRA is announcing a complete schedule and class line-up, showing the tremendous sponsor response and sponsorship opportunities still available. The season…
Man Cup Sunday Replay
Watch the world’s biggest motorcycle drag race—the Man Cup World Finals from South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta right HERE.
Man Cup Saturday Replay
Watch the world’s biggest motorcycle drag race—the Man Cup World Finals from South Georgia Motorsports Park in Valdosta right HERE. Jeremy Teasley (above) won yesterday’s APE Pro Street All-Star Shootout and Dystany Spurlock (below) won the Grothus Dragbikes Ultra 4.60 Riders Challenge and Larry and Denise Marks’ Maryland-based bike.
